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Berlin, Germany

Goalposts stand in a public soccer pitch in Berlin, June 1, 2014.

The 2014 Brazil World Cup opens on June 12 and fans around the globe are gearing up for the big tournament. But soccer lovers are not only preparing to watch the world's best professional players battle it out on the pitch; they are also out there kicking a ball about themselves. Reuters photographers on every continent, in countries from China to the Czech Republic, went out to capture images of soccer goalposts used by players to practice the "beautiful game."

Credit: Thomas Peter/Reuters

Asuncion, Paraguay

Goalposts stand in a soccer field flooded by the waters of the Paraguay River, May 30, 2014.

Credit: Jorge Adorno/Reuters

Nemila, Bosnia and Herzegovina

A soccer goalpost stands half buried in the ground after a major flood, at a stadium in Nemila, June 3, 2014.

Credit: Dado Ruvic/Reuters

Kathmandu, Nepal

Children play soccer on a playing field in Kirtipur, May 31, 2014.

Credit: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Skopje, Macedonia

Sheep graze in front of a soccer goalpost in Shuto Orizari, a shantytown near the capital Skopje, June 4, 2014.

Credit: Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters

Singapore

A man plays soccer with migrant workers from Bangladesh and India at a street soccer court near a workers' dormitory (behind) in Singapore, June 3, 2014.

Credit: Edgar Su/Reuters

Molweni, South Africa

A makeshift soccer goalpost stands near Molweni, west of Durban, June 5, 2014.

Credit: Rogan Ward/Reuters

Kamnik, Slovenia

A worker walks past a soccer goalpost at a playing field in Kamnik, June 2, 2014.

Credit: Srdjan Zivulovic/Reuters

Bottrop, Germany

Two men kick a ball on a soccer field in front of a coking plant in the western city of Bottrop, June 2, 2014.

Credit: Ina Fassbender/Reuters

Manchester, England

A broken soccer goalpost stands on a pitch in Wythenshawe Park near Manchester, northern England, March 29, 2014.

Credit: Phil Noble/Reuters

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

A goalpost is painted on a wall at a house used as a creche in Ciudad Juarez, June 3, 2014.

Credit: Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters

Lima, Peru

Men pose for a photograph in front of a goalpost in the Castro-Castro Prison in Lima, June 2, 2014.

Credit: Mariana Bazo/Reuters

Zagren, Croatia

Grass grows in front of a goalpost in downtown Zagreb, June 2, 2014.

Credit: Antonio Bronic/Reuters

Sao Paulo, Brazil

A kite flies above a goalpost at a playing field in a slum on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, June 5, 2014.

Credit: Paulo Whitaker/Reuters

Mumbai, India

A boy jumps to save a goal while playing soccer at Shivaji Park in Mumbai, June 3, 2014.

Credit: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters

Krasnoyarsk, Russia

A local man trains on a goalpost at an athletic field at twilight in the town of Divnogorsk outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, June 2, 2014.

Credit: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters

London, England

Players for "The Tuesdays" pose in a soccer goalpost at a training ground in Balham, south London, June 3, 2014.

Credit: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

London, England

A night football league player kicks a ball into a goal at the Westway Sports Center in London, June 3, 2014.

Credit: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters

Benghazi, Libya

A boy jumps to save a goal while playing soccer on the beach in Benghazi, June 1, 2014.

Credit: Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Reuters

Karachi, Pakistan

A boy with a cricket bat gestures while playing near a soccer goalpost in a slum in Karachi, May 30, 2014.

Credit: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

Zurich, Switzerland

A Swiss airline jet flies over a goalpost on a soccer pitch as it approaches to land at Zurich Airport in the town of Kloten, May 31, 2014.

Credit: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

Shanghai, China

A soccer goalpost stands on a pitch in Luwan Sports Center in downtown Shanghai, May 30, 2014.

Credit: Carlos Barria/Reuters

Frankfurt, Germany

A photograph taken using long exposure shows a goalpost which has been illuminated with torches at a leisure facility in front of the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt, June 1, 2014.

Credit: Ralph Orlowski/Reuters

Toronto, Canada

The city skyline is seen through a soccer goalpost in Toronto, May 27, 2014.

Credit: Mark Blinch/Reuters

Geneva, Switzerland

A goalpost stands in Duillier near Geneva, May 30, 2014.

Credit: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

Coleraine, Ireland

In a photograph taken using long exposure, a goalpost is illuminated by a flashlight at the Harpur's Hill housing estate in the town of Coleraine, May 28, 2014.

Credit: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

Lima, Peru

A soccer goalpost stands at Pescadores beach in Chorrillos, Lima, June 2, 2014.

Credit: Mariana Bazo/Reuters

Ronda, Spain

A goalpost stands in a field on the outskirts of Ronda, near Malaga, southern Spain June 5, 2014.

Credit: Jon Nazca/Reuters

Havana, Cuba

A soccer goalpost stands in a field in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana, June 1, 2014.

Credit: Enrique De La Osa/Reuters

Lipljan, Serbia

Dogs walk past a goalpost on a foggy morning in the town of Lipljan, June 3, 2014.

Credit: Hazir Reka/Reuters

Tokyo, Japan

A woman walks her dog past a soccer goalpost beside the Arakawa River in Tokyo, June 1, 2014.

Credit: Yuya Shino/Reuters

Skopje, Macedonia

A man walks a flock of geese past a soccer goalpost in Shuto Orizari, a shantytown near the capital Skopje, June 4,2014.

Credit: Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Children play in front of a soccer goalpost on a sports court in the Villa Urquiza neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, May 30, 2014.

Credit: Enrique Marcarian/Reuters

Bari, Italy

A cathedral is seen through a soccer goalpost in Locorotondo, south of Bari, southern Italy, May 31, 2014.

Credit: Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters

Monnickendam, Netherlands

A cow stands in front of a soccer goalpost in a field in Monnickendam, June 4, 2014.

Credit: Michael Kooren/Reuters

Sydney, Australia

Children practice their soccer skills in front a goalpost in Tunks Park in Sydney, May 28, 2014.

Credit: David Gray/Reuters

Munich, Germany

Children play near a soccer goalpost in a field in Olching near Munich, southern Germany, June 3, 2014.

Credit: Michaela Rehle/Reuters

Somerville, Massachusetts

A soccer goalpost stands in a sports field in Somerville, Massachusetts, June 2, 2014.

Credit: Brian Snyder/Reuters

Szczytno, Poland

A goalpost stands in the village of Sasek Maly near Szczytno, north-eastern Poland, May 31, 2014.

Credit: Kacper Pempel/Reuters

Monterrey, Mexico

A goalpost stands in the Independencia neighborhood of Monterrey, June 6, 2014.

Credit: Daniel Becerril/Reuters

Minsk, Belarus

Boys play soccer in a schoolyard in Minsk, June 4, 2014.

Credit: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

Rabat, Morocco

A soccer goalpost stands in a field in Rabat, June 3, 2014.

Credit: Youssef Boudlal/Reuters

Granges, Switzerland

A goalpost stands in Cretelongue jail in Granges, Switzerland, May 30, 2014.

Credit: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

Vipolze, Slovenia

A goalkeeper jumps to save a goal during soccer practice in Vipolze, Slovenia, June 3, 2014.

Credit: Srdjan Zivulovic/Reuters

London, England

Soccer goalposts stand in a playing field in Hackney Marshes in east London May 25, 2014.

Credit: Russell Boyce/Reuters

Bern, Switzerland

A goalpost stands in a public training ground in Bern, June 1, 2014.

Credit: Ruben Sprich/Reuters

Managua, Nicaragua

A goalpost is seen behind of the old Metropolitan Cathedral of Managua, June 4, 2014.

Credit: Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters

Hong Kong, China

A soccer goalpost stands in Southorn playground in Hong Kong, May 30, 2014.

Credit: Tyrone Siu/Reuters

Bucharest, Romania

A man jumps to save a goal at dusk on a field in Bucharest June 1, 2014.

Credit: Bogdan Cristel/Reuters

Mogadishu, Somalia

Boys stand next to a soccer goalpost in Sayidka in southern Mogadishu, June 2, 2014.

Credit: Feisal Omar/Reuters

Basque Country, Spain

A goalpost stands in a sports field in Guernica, Basque Country, June 4, 2014.

Credit: Vincent West/Reuters

Negev, Israel

Bedouin children play soccer in the village of al-Sira, one of the dozens of ramshackle Bedouin Arab communities in the Negev desert which are not recognized by the Israeli state, in southern Israel, June 2, 2014.

Credit: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

Madrid, Spain

Dogs run past a soccer goalpost at dusk in Madrid, May 29, 2014.

Credit: Sergio Perez/Reuters

Juba, South Sudan

A boy plays with a ball in front of a soccer goalpost in Juba, June 2, 2014.

Credit: Andreea Campeanu/Reuters

Manila, Philippines.

A teenager plays soccer in front of a goalpost in an open area at the defunct Smokey Mountain garbage dump in Tondo city, metro Manila, June 5, 2014.

Credit: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters

Konkovo, Moscow

A soccer goalpost is seen in front of housing blocks in the district of Konkovo, Moscow, June 3, 2014.

Credit: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Prague, Czech Republic

A goalpost stands in an abandoned soccer field on the outskirts of Prague, May 31, 2014.

Credit: David W Cerny/Reuters

London, England

A man removes a netball goal from in front of a painted soccer goalpost at Chestnut Grove School in Balham, south London June 3, 2014.

Credit: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

Lincon,Chicago

A soccer goalpost stands in a sports field in Lincoln Park in Chicago, May 30, 2014. The 2014 Brazil World Cup 2014.

Credit: Jim Young/Reuters

Kreuth, Germany

A soccer goalpost stands in a field of FC Real in Kreuth, southern Germany, June 1, 2014.